#cd8ca5

Color #cd8ca5

A muted light pink.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 15.01 Nearest Tailwind class pink-300 #fda5d5 · ΔE 11

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Conversions

HEX

#cd8ca5

RGB

rgb(205, 140, 165)

HSL

hsl(336.9, 39.4%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(336.9, 31.7%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 19.5%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(65.32, 28.33, -3.1)

LCH

lch(65.32, 28.5, 353.76)

OKLCH

oklch(71.2%, 0.0851, 354.74)

HWB

hwb(336.9, 54.9%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8ccdb4

Analogous

#cd8cc5

#cd8ca5

#cd938c

Triadic

#cd8ca5

#a5cd8c

#8ca5cd

Split-complementary

#cd8ca5

#8ccd93

#8cc5cd

Tetradic

#cd8ca5

#cdb48c

#8ccdb4

#8ca5cd

Square

#cd8ca5

#c5cd8c

#8ccdb4

#938ccd

Shades

Color #cd8ca5 mixed toward black.

#bc6486

#a04669

#78344e

#502334

#28111a

Tints

Color #cd8ca5 mixed toward white.

#d59fb4

#deb2c3

#e6c5d2

#eed9e1

#f7ecf0

Tones

Color #cd8ca5 mixed toward gray.

#c891a6

#c297a7

#bd9ca9

#b7a2aa

#b2a7ab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.89:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.89:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b49f · ΔE 31.6

Deuteranopia

#b8bd9e · ΔE 36.7

Tritanopia

#ca9b9a · ΔE 9.7

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 21.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cd8ca5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cd8ca5]

Related colors

Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Pale Violet Red #db7093

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Deep Pink #ff1493

Crimson #dc143c

Pink #ffc0cb

Frequently asked questions

#cd8ca5 (#cd8ca5) is rgb(205, 140, 165) in RGB.

No, #cd8ca5 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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